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Breaking the "Theological Silence" on Racially-Targeted Abortion
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Breaking the “Theological Silence” on Racially-Targeted Abortion

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by on Sep 14, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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In the article “Has the Silence Been Broken? Catholic Theological Ethics and Racial Justice” in Theological Studies Journal (March, 2014), Father Bryan Massingale, Ph.D., of Marquette University discusses what he calls “the theological silence” about racism in America. Fr. Massingale uses phrases like “deafening and appalling silence,” “embarrassed silence” and “shocking theological silence” regarding racism […]

Fear of a Racist Country
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Fear of a Racist Country

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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Faith in nothing but the power of racism leads to a hopeless future.

The Real Racism Question of the Day
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The Real Racism Question of the Day

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by on Jul 02, 2013 in Education, Featured, The Social Order
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The current question of racism is a red herring. It’s easier to focus on a single word uttered by a single celebrity than it is to address the real issue and tragedy of racism. The “N” word is an abomination to me. Thirty-eight years ago, I lived briefly as a Yankee in the heart of […]

Trayvon Case Shows ‘Racist’ Epithet Persists
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Trayvon Case Shows ‘Racist’ Epithet Persists

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by on Apr 04, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, The Social Order
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If there’s one way to determine whether an event has devolved into a circus maximus, surely it must be the entry into the public debate by Roseanne Barr. The erstwhile comedian and celebrity took up the Twitter cause last week on behalf of the late Trayvon Martin, the black teenager killed on Feb. 26 by […]

What Can We Learn from the Trayvon Martin Story?
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What Can We Learn from the Trayvon Martin Story?

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by on Mar 28, 2012 in Featured, Parenting, The Social Order
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Was the Trayvon Martin story about race? I can’t sit in judgment on what was in Zimmerman’s heart and mind, but objectively, from what the media has passed on to us, it does look to me like an issue involving prejudice. As a white girl growing up in the fifties and sixties in Washington State, […]

Race, Segregation, and Heaven
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Race, Segregation, and Heaven

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by on Aug 31, 2011 in Featured, On Books
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The new movie, The Help, based on Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling book by the same name, continues to lead ticket sales at the box office. Both dramatize the extent and tragedy of segregation and discrimination in the South during the early 1960s. Racism affected almost every area of Southern (and many areas of Northern) society before […]

Flash Mobbing King’s Dream
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Flash Mobbing King’s Dream

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by on Aug 25, 2011 in Featured, On Media
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Every black person apprehended for robbing stores in a flash mob should have their court hearing not in front of a judge but facing the 30-foot statute of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at his Washington memorial site. Each thief should be asked, “What do you think Dr. King would say to you right now?” […]